{"id":1420324,"date":"2022-04-05T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420324"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T19:00:21","slug":"big-brother-is-watching-amazon-worker-chat-app-to-ban-naughty-words-like-union-restrooms-pay-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-brother-is-watching-amazon-worker-chat-app-to-ban-naughty-words-like-union-restrooms-pay-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother Is Watching: Amazon Worker Chat App to Ban Naughty Words Like &#039;Union,&#039; &#039;Restrooms,&#039; &#039;Pay Raise&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-brother-is-watching-amazon-worker-chat-app-to-ban-naughty-words-like-union-restrooms-pay-raise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1420324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">An automatic word monitor in a new Amazon worker chat app will ban a variety of words and phrases, such as \u201cunion,\u201d \u201cfairness,\u201d \u201cpay raise,\u201d \u201cslave labor,\u201d and \u201cmaster,\u201d among other terms, according to internal documents obtained by the Intercept.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon will block and flag employee posts on an internal messaging app that the company deems problematic, according to internal company documents <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/04\/04\/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app\/\">obtained<\/a> by the Intercept.\u00a0The app is still in the planning phase and has not yet been launched.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15642034\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/02\/JCNAmazon1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alma Delia Garcia of New York Communities for Change speaks during a protest organized by New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York in front of the Jeff Bezos\u2019 Manhattan residence in New York on December 02, 2020. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17609098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jeff-Bezos-holds-goggles-to-his-face.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17609098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jeff-Bezos-holds-goggles-to-his-face.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Bezos holds goggles to his face (Joe Raedle \/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The word \u201crestrooms\u201d is reportedly on the list of censored words \u2014 following reports of Amazon warehouse employees feeling the need to urinate in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/05\/04\/report-amazon-employees-urinated-in-trash-cans-for-fear-of-being-scolded-over-bathroom-break\/\">trash cans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/04\/16\/report-amazon-warehouse-employees-pee-into-bottles-due-to-fear-of-being-sanctioned-for-toilet-breaks\/\">bottles<\/a> in order to avoid\u00a0being scolded over bathroom breaks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams are always thinking about new ways to help employees engage with each other,\u201d Amazon spokesperson Barbara M. Agrait told the Intercept. \u201cThis particular program has not been approved yet and may change significantly or even never launch at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Amazon held a meeting where top executives talked about creating an internal social media app that would allow employees to praise their co-workers\u2019 performance by giving them \u201cShout-Outs,\u201d a source told the Intercept.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The goal of the Shout-Outs was\u00a0foster happiness and productivity among Amazon employees, according to Head of Worldwide Consumer Business Dave Clark.<\/p>\n<p>But Amazon officials also discussed what they called \u201cthe dark side of social media,\u201d and therefore decided to actively monitor posts in order to ensure a \u201cpositive community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So an \u201cauto bad word monitor\u201d was put together, which included a blacklist that would automatically block employees from sending a message that contains profane or inappropriate words.<\/p>\n<p>But profanities were not the only words added to the blacklist, reports the Intercept.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the other words and terms to be added to the blacklist included the following, according to documents reviewed by the outlet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Accessibility<br \/>Bullying<br \/>Coalition<br \/>Committee<br \/>Compensation<br \/>Concerned<br \/>Diversity<br \/>Ethics<br \/>Fairness<br \/>Favoritism<br \/>Fire<br \/>Freedom<br \/>Grievance<br \/>Harassment<br \/>I don\u2019t care<br \/>I hate<br \/>Injustice<br \/>Living Wage<br \/>Master<br \/>Pay Raise<br \/>Petition<br \/>Plantation<br \/>Prison<br \/>Rate<br \/>Representation<br \/>Restrooms<br \/>Robots<br \/>Rude<br \/>Senior Ops<br \/>Slave<br \/>Slave labor<br \/>Stupid<br \/>Terminated<br \/>This is concerning<br \/>This is dumb<br \/>Threat<br \/>TOT<br \/>Trash<br \/>Unfair<br \/>Union<br \/>Unite\/unity<br \/>Vaccine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amazon, however, denies that \u201cmany\u201d of the words mentioned would be blocked on the internal messaging app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it does launch at some point down the road, there are no plans for many of the words you\u2019re calling out to be screened,\u201d the Amazon spokesperson insisted. \u201cThe only kinds of words that may be screened are ones that are offensive or harassing, which is intended to protect our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/04\/01\/amazon-workers-on-staten-island-vote-to-form-companys-first-union\/\">voted to unionize<\/a> \u2014 a first for the company.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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